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English Language Arts Projects and Lessons
English Language Arts Projects and Lessons
Vocabulary Development: 8.2.1.8
Vocabulary Development: 8.2.1.8
Students using these templates will develop an understanding of a new word by attaching synonyms and antonyms to the new word as well as providing examples of how the word could be used. Alternative: Rather than providing text examples students could add in visual examples into the boxes to create a visual dictionary.
Poetry UnitMake Connections With Biographical Information: 8.2.2.5
Make Connections With Biographical Information: 8.2.2.5
Integrate Appropriate Visual Print/Media: 8.3.4.2
Integrate Appropriate Visual Print/Media: 8.3.4.2
Students will research an author's biographical information and create a digital or analog poster to display this information.
Identify Character Motivations: 8.2.2.7
Identify Character Motivations: 8.2.2.7
Students will use the document template to show their analysis of the protagonist of a story and then provide their own creative writing examples from provided character images.
Discuss ways a character changes: 8.2.2.8
Discuss ways a character changes: 8.2.2.8
Students will use images and text to display how a character changes during the course of a story or novel.
Characters Galore!Dynamic Character Hockey CardIdentify Character Qualities: 8.2.3.4
Identify Character Qualities: 8.2.3.4
Students will listen to a radio story and determine the traits of the characters based upon what happens within the story. Students must also provide evidence to strengthen their ideas. Students may also use the Character Trait Graphic Organizer to determine and prove traits of a character.
Character Analysis: The Vinyl Cafe: Odd JobsBook Cover with interior-SlidesSummarize Texts: 8.2.3.6 & 8.3.3.3
Summarize Texts: 8.2.3.6 & 8.3.3.3
Students will use these template to help them summarize events fictional text through either a short story or a novel study.
Summarize Media Texts: 8.2.3.6
Summarize Media Texts: 8.2.3.6
Students will view a text (movie, novel, short story) and summarize the text with additional background information.
Wonder Review TemplateFilm Review TemplateInterior Layout National GeographicCreative Use of Magazine: 8.2.3.7
Creative Use of Magazine: 8.2.3.7
Present Information to Appeal to Interest: 8.4.3.2
Present Information to Appeal to Interest: 8.4.3.2
Students will use the magazine layout to create an informative presentation on a chosen topic. They will need to consider who their audience is.
Experiment with Ways to Focus a Topic: 8.3.1.1
Experiment with Ways to Focus a Topic: 8.3.1.1
Students use the Funnel formula to focus a general idea into a specific idea for a narrative story. This template could also be used for descriptive, expository, or persuasive writing.
Organize Ideas and Information Creatively: 8.3.3.1
Organize Ideas and Information Creatively: 8.3.3.1
Students use a hexagonal thinking strategy in order to connect related ideas and concepts. A sample and link to instructions is listed within the drawing template. This strategy can also be used with French grammar activities.
Use a variety of Sentence Structures: 8.4.2.2
Use a variety of Sentence Structures: 8.4.2.2
Students will learn about a variety of sentence structures and create their own examples.
Creating Sentences - ActivityCreating Sentences - PostersFigurative and Literal IdiomsLiteral and Figurative Idioms: 8.4.1.10
Literal and Figurative Idioms: 8.4.1.10
Students will create meaning from common idioms and visually display the difference between the literal and figurative meanings.
Essay Writing Map: Various Outcomes
Essay Writing Map: Various Outcomes
Students will use this Google Slides template to be guided through the essay writing process.
Embedded videos help explain the various portions of the essay while allowing students to interact with the content and add their own ideas to the map.
ELA - Essay Map - Activity - Teacher GuideELA - Essay BlueprintLanguage Arts Templates
Language Arts Templates
Links
Links
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
Rethinking Novel Studies: An Alternate Approach Research Summary and Author Recommendations
Kelly Gallagher Writing Strategies- This document contains strategies based on Gallagher's Teaching Adolescent Writers book. Included is the rationale behind his method,as well as immediate-use activities for teachers.
The Writing Fix - is a resource for quality lessons designed to motivate reluctant writers. Many lessons include student exemplars.
Projects from Classic Engaging Students Site
Projects from Classic Engaging Students Site
Allegory Project - examine allegory and symbolism through The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan.
How can I write my own powerful questions? Is it possible for students to create their own powerful, higher order thinking questions? How can we capitalize on this quality, in-depth thinking to create assessment opportunities? Created by Val Baron (EJELS) and Terra Kaliszuk (AISI Instructional Coach)
How can I write my own powerful questions? Is it possible for students to create their own powerful, higher order thinking questions? How can we capitalize on this quality, in-depth thinking to create assessment opportunities? Created by Val Baron (EJELS) and Terra Kaliszuk (AISI Instructional Coach)
Adapted version of Costa’s 3 Levels of Questioning to create their own HOTS questions!
Teacher Outline (brief lesson progression & selected implementation suggestions)
Student Question Creation Handout (exemplar question & 3 Level Questioning resource)
Exploring Novels through Student-Created Bloom's Taxonomy Questions
Discussion Skills - This teaching unit includes resources for setting a discussion-conducive classroom climate, discussion skill lessons, as well as discussion structures for classroom discussion activities.
Anticipation Guides: Templates for LA/Social 8, FLA 7, and FLA 9.
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